change pop history,today

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The word “pop” always had a pejorative nuance to it. left alone the “folk” meaning ,pop is a music designed to suit common tastes , a generic big audience as opposed to a serious music for attentive listeners.yes…maybe elitist bullshit (but let’s not forget that adorno in his critic of cultural industry misinterpreted jazz music using a not so different, even if infinitely more complex, point of view ) .even progressive pop bands (in the sense of progress , not beards )like beatles, beach boys were supposed to go big ,to enter the charts . Today pop is a confusingword : when using it are we referring to madonna ,ricky martin or to cornelius & stereo total ? best pop ,today, is about exploiting personal mythologies in order to distillate them in a song form that will reach a transversal global clique of like-minded people . is this the result of market customization? . milton manetas ( a one trick pony of contemporary art ) thought “art” wasn’t describing things going on today and came up (with the help of a professinal equipe ) with the word “neen” ( has anyone heard it pronunced somewhere?…shit it didn’t work ).well the greek guy was also making a subtle assertion on the role of marketing in the art world ( another one ) nonetheless I want to go on in this demanding quest ,and ask you to be my professional equipe . what’s the name of this breed of pop ? not accepted names with pop in it ( they tried’em with brit pop , art pop…)

francesco, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"is about exploiting personal mythologies in order to distillate them in a song form that will reach a transversal global clique of like- minded people"... isn't this what pop has always been about? According to this definition, there is no "new breed" of pop.

Sean, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I agree but not completely . In the another era guys like phil spector were making music for a broader target . yeah there were underground artists as well, but it was not categorized as pop .

francesco, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

but basically I was looking for this new name

francesco, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)


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